R&D Lead (AI)

TL;DR

R&D Lead (AI/Commerce): Leading the end-to-end development of a new AI-native commerce product with an accent on visual and semantic data layers. Focus on building from the ground up as a solo developer, architecting AI-driven systems, and iterating rapidly to establish market fit.

Location: Must be based in Israel

Company

hirify.global is a leading cloud-based image and video management platform.

What you will do

• Lead development efforts with a co-founder mindset to bring the new product to market.
• Build a deep understanding of how AI agents consume product data, media, and signals.
• Design and ship an AI-native product, starting as a solo developer and scaling the team as needed.
• Leverage existing platforms to accelerate market entry and iterate on technical direction.
• Co-lead the pod alongside the General Manager.

Requirements

• Must be based in Israel.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading development teams or major technical initiatives.
• Hands-on experience designing and building AI systems and using AI-assisted development tools.
• Proven ability to rapidly prototype, iterate, and refactor production-quality systems.
• Strong background in distributed, cloud-based system design.

Nice to have

• Background in image or video technologies.
• Experience in marketing and e-commerce space.
• Startup or founder experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Rare opportunity to build a new product category within an established, successful company.
• High autonomy and end-to-end ownership.
• Fast-moving, highly independent team environment.